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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 2216

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Lunar month 1131Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring5Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 18, 2216

Lunar 二二一五年 · 冬月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2216-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2216-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2216-01-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2216-02-05

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小寒 → 大寒

Year cycle

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己丑

冬月廿九

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurialMake an offeringCut garments

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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